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On the recordSeptember 17, 2014
In my opinion, any future defense secretary who advises the President to again send a big American land Army into Asia or into the Middle East or Africa should have his head examined, as General McArthur so delicately put it.
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Joe Courtney
Democratic · Connecticut

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Courtney references a warning against large military deployments by future defense secretaries.

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